Owners of Championship Football Clubs

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Derby County - Owner Mel Morris Made a fortune of backing King, the firm behind mobile game Candy Crush,
King was sold to Activision Blizzard, reported Morris collected £450m from the deal.

He did amazingly well getting that over the line considering his overall wealth has been put at £500 Million.

Got double posted my answer Brin.

[Ericsladkilnhurst]

Looked at some of the owners of championship clubs, what businesses they are in etc. club status at different levels in English football leagues.

Norwich City - Owners man & wife team of Delia Smith, husband Michael Wynn Jones.
4th September 2008, they put £2m into the club.
Last 3 years running accounts show a £250,000 loan outstanding to Smith & Jones, it seems the parachute payments from their premier league exploits, & sponsorship have helped the club.

Brentford - Owner Matthew Benham, successful in the world of online gambling.

Watford - Owner Gino Pozzo, Sports investment group.
Family own Italian side Udinese, Owned Spanish football club Granada, but sold it in 2016

Swansea City - Majority shareholders Steve Kaplan & Jason Levien, they bought a major stake of 68% in 2016, other investments in major league soccer team DC United, & basketball franchise Memphis Grizzlies, Kaplan fronts Oaktree Capital Investment, which provided the bulk of the money, for the pairs Liberty Stadium takeover.
Funny twist is that, there are 25 other investors, including Hollywood actress Mindy Kaling, among investors are a eye surgeon, property investors, a film maker, orthopedic surgeon, & other investment funds.
Landon Donavan , a former Everton footballer, works has a advisor to Levien & Kaplan, the consortium is called Swansea Football LLC.

Reading - Owners Dai Yongge & Dai Xiu - Madejski Stadium M Holdings Plc - Chinese investmet company.

AFC Bournemouth - Owner Maxim Victorovich Demin, Russian businessman.

Barnsley - Main owner Chien Lee ( Billy Beane, Paul Conway, Neerav Parekh ) Jean & James Cryne 20%
Ground owned 50% / 50% by Barnsley Council & Cryne's Family.

Cardiff City - Owners Tan Family, Malaysian / Chinese business, club business Cardiff City F.C. Holding Ltd

Middlesbrough - Owner Steve Gibson, Business Bulkhaul Ltd

Stoke City - Owners The Coates Family - Business Bet365

Bristol City - Owner Stephen Lansdown - Business Financial Services

Millwall - Owner Boston based John G Berylson - Chairman of Chestnut Hill Ventures LLC - Financial

12 teams, not many English owners, to check other 12 teams yet.

Carrying on with owners of championship football clubs.

Preston North End - Owner Trevor Hemmings Successful Businessman [Passed away]
Hemmings led a management buyout of Pontin's, sold on to Coral's.
Then he owned Casino's, Blackpool Tower, Hotels, Numerous Pubs, Racecourses,
Brought Center Parcs to Britain, & owned numerous businesses.
Hemmings was going to buy Cork City football, but decided not to, after Munster who owned the ground,
would not give Cork City a long extended lease.
A astute businessman, Preston North End bought footballers, Alan Browne & Sean Maguire from Cork City,
there was a sell on clause on both players, but Preston bought the clause on both players.

Luton Town - Luton Town 2020 Limited - Paul Ballantine owns 80% - Business Moneybabo Finance

Blackburn Rovers - Owner's Venky's Ltd 99.9% ownership - Business Chickens

Nottingham Forest - Owner Evangelos Marinakis - Business Capital Maritime & Trading Corp
.......................... { Nottingham Forest showing a £32m operating loss }

Queens Park Rangers - Owners Ruben Gnanalingam 51% Tony Fernandes 46% Lakshmi Mittal 3%

Derby County - Owner Mel Morris Made a fortune of backing King, the firm behind mobile game Candy Crush,
King was sold to Activision Blizzard, reported Morris collected £450m from the deal.

Huddersfield Town - Owner Phil Hodgkinson - Business Pure Legal Limited, making a fortune in the legal world.
Dean Hoyle { Who owned Card Factory } sold Huddersfield town to Hodgkinson, reported to have made Hoyle
in excess of £350m.
Then after Hoyle called in his loan of £35m from Huddersfield Town, after legal talks, the amount has to be paid
fully by 31st August 2022.

Coventry City - Owner Joy Seppala { Finnish } Business Coventry City Football Club,
Owned by Otium Entertainment Group, Trading has C.C.F.C. which in turn is owned by
Sconset Capital LP { Based Limited partnership Cayman Islands }, controlled by
Sisu Investment Company, ( Subsidary of Sisu Otium Entertainment Group )

Birmingham City - Owner Paul Suen Business Trillion Trophy Asia / Hong Kong Sports Holding Company

Sheffield Wednesday - Owner Dejphon Chansiri - Business Thai Union Group
Worlds Largest Producer of Canned Tuna.
Said to have turned down a bid of £25m to £30m in February for 100% of the club, from club advisor
Erik Alonso who owns management company WBD Sports, said to be backed by Indonesian businessmen.

Wycombe Wanderers - Owners Rob Couhig 75% { American Businessman ) Adams Park Trust 25% of Club.
Frank Adams owned the ground, & left a legacy of giving the deeds of the ground to Adams Park Trust, the club was later sold to multi-millionaire Steve Hayes, who after 4 years gave the club back to the supporters.
Rob Couhig ( American Investor, Lawyer, & Sports Team Owner ) & 2 appointed trustees in the boardroom. Feliciana EFL Ltd was ratified by all parties, Frank Adams Legacy Limited, a subsidary of the trust,
which owns the Adams Park Stadium & the EFL.

There is certainly some very rich owners of clubs in the championship, with some financial clout.
Good to see what happened with Wycombe Wanderers, the ground being held in trust, like us they
are small fish in a big pond, where money is concerned.
But what losses are these clubs showing, example Nottingham Forest showing a £32m operating loss.

List I did last season